Joannes-Henricus de Franckenberg
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His Eminence Joannes-Henricus von Frankenberg |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen Primate of the Low Countries |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Mechelen |
| Appointed | 28 May 1759 |
| In office | 1759-1801 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace |
| Successor | Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure |
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| Ordination | 10 August 1749 |
| Consecration | 15 July 1759 by Christoph Anton Migazzi |
| Created Cardinal | 1 June 1778 by Pius VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born |
September 18, 1726 Groß-Glogau, Silesia (present-day Poland) |
| Died | June 11, 1804 (aged 77) Breda, Netherlands |
Johann Heinrich, Graf von Frankenberg (18 September 1726 – 11 June 1804) was Archbishop of Mechelen, Primate of the Low Countries, and a cardinal. He signed as de Franckenberg and as van Franckenberg.
Franckenberg was born in (Groß-Glogau, Silesia, into an ancient family devotedly attached to the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria, and which remained so after the conquest of Silesia by Frederick II of Prussia in 1740. Although he was the sole male heir of his family and assured of the protection of Empress Maria Theresa, he decided, when quite young, to become a priest. He attended the Jesuit college of his native city, went later to the University of Breslau, and thence to the German College at Rome, where he obtained the degrees of Doctor of Theology, and of Canon law, and was ordained priest on 10 August 1749.
On his return to Austria, he was made coadjutor to the Bishop of Görz in Carniola (1750–54), dean of the collegiate church of All Saints at Prague (1754), later of that of Saints Cosmas and Damian at Alt-Bunzlau in Bohemia (1756), and finally Archbishop of Mechelen and Primate of the Low Countries on 27 May 1759. In this exalted post, as in those he previously occupied, his life was an example of every private and public virtue.
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